Transportation Engineering Manager

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About the role

  • Transportation Engineering Manager leading WATT’s Vancouver Island transportation practice. Guiding complex projects, client growth, technical quality, and team development.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the technical lead for the Vancouver Island Transportation Engineering team
  • Provide practical guidance on complex transportation engineering assignments
  • Lead transportation impact assessments and complex transportation engineering projects, including scope, client communication, technical direction, schedule, and budget
  • Establish and maintain technical standards, design guidance, templates, workflows, and quality-assurance practices
  • Prepare technical reports and provide constructive reviews
  • Apply working knowledge of Synchro and VISTRO and guide conceptual or functional design decisions
  • Build and maintain relationships with municipal, provincial, agency, and private-sector clients across Vancouver Island
  • Lead local business development by identifying opportunities, shaping pursuit strategy, and supporting proposals, scopes, fees, and resourcing
  • Act as an escalation point for client concerns and project delivery challenges
  • Translate technical findings into practical recommendations supporting municipal decision-making and implementation
  • Lead, mentor, and coach team members
  • Plan workload and resources with Transportation Engineering Managers and the Practice Lead
  • Support recruitment, onboarding, training, and career development
  • Provide visibility into team performance, risks, and opportunities and collaborate on strategic initiatives and major pursuits
  • Establish trusted technical leadership, expand client relationships, secure new work, grow team capability, and support staff development

Requirements

  • Registration as a Professional Engineer with Engineers and Geoscientists BC (EGBC), or eligibility for registration in British Columbia
  • At least eight years of transportation engineering experience spanning transportation planning, traffic operations, and municipal infrastructure projects
  • Demonstrated success leading people, managing projects, and overseeing technical quality and project delivery
  • Strong knowledge of British Columbia municipal standards, policies, approval processes, stakeholder engagement, and the local political environment
  • Record of building client relationships, preparing proposals, identifying opportunities, and securing new work
  • Proficiency with Synchro and VISTRO
  • Experience with site and roadway design, conceptual or functional design, and CAD skills
  • Clear communication, sound professional judgment, and commitment to mentoring and developing others
  • Valid driver’s licence and ability to travel throughout Vancouver Island and surrounding regions

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

SeniorLead

Salary

CA$130,000 - CA$160,000 per year

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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